The study published in the International Journal of Recent Scientific Research has confirmed that Heartfulness meditation, the popular meditation practice around the world, helped to create a sense of gratitude among its practitioners.

The awareness of the benefits of gratitude on the general well being of a person is increasingly becoming apparent and numerous studies have supported the same, Heartfulness Institute said.

Authored by Raja Amarnath G., Prabhakar Akurathi, Chitra Rajan, Aiswarya Ravichandran, Ravindra Deshpande, Varalakshmi A., Ved Prakash Vyas and Rani Vijayan, the study compared the gratitude levels of Heartfulness meditators with non-meditators following a comprehensive survey.

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The researchers were from Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital and Apollo Hospital, Chennai; NRI Medical College, Chinakakani, Andhra Pradesh; CIPACA Institute of Research, Chennai; Wake Forest School of Medicine, North Carolina, US; and Government Dhanwantri Ayurvedic Medical College, Ujjain.

The study involved a cross-sectional survey conducted online in November 2018. Participants consisted of 1,746 Heartfulness meditators and 1,159 non-meditators, who responded to a questionnaire using a 7-point Likert scale rated from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree).

The data were grouped according to the demographic, social and health information reported, such as gender, age, marital status, occupation, nature of work, health, place of residence and family system.

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Your fear voice often sounds like mental chatter; it's not associated with strategic thinking or common sense. It plays self-doubt, past difficulties, inner criticism, and worst-case scenarios on repeat. Think of it like an annoying gremlin who whispers rubbish to you to steer you off course from your inner knowing.

Your fear voice can also come out to play if you are psychologically replaying a pattern. In that case, your fear voice is "acting on behalf" of your unconscious (or subconscious) mind in an attempt to keep you safe from a perceived emotional or psychological threat. Did you pick up that I said perceived threat and not real threat?

Your fear voice is closely linked to the realm of self-sabotage. It steers you into the same type of situation time and time again even if you are really wanting and trying to experience something new. For example, let's say you always end up with partners who treat you poorly and don't value you as they should. This is self-sabotage at play, and it's fueled by unconscious patterns and steered by your fear voice.

Your intuitive voice, on the other hand, arises from a place of serenity and deep inner knowing.Your intuitive voice is a form of wisdom that goes beyond logic. It's a visceral knowing that something is either a hell yes or a hell no. You can cultivate your intuitive voice with the following practice (listen to a digital version here).

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Margaret Qualley may have landed in Pete Davidsons life because shes beautiful and smart. But, sources told A.J. Benzas Fame column that the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood star will probably stick around for awhile because shes been able to help the comic with his well-publicized bouts of depression. Qualley, 24, is a big believer in meditation, which was handed down to her by her mother, Andie McDowell, who practices it to battle stress and anxiety. Qualley recently convinced Davidson to give it a try, and word is, he liked it. Petes really happy with how down-to-earth and centered she is, the source said. He really likes how much she wants to help and how much she cares about him.

Justin Bieber To Buy A Hot Car For Wife Hailey?

Sometime before Justin Bieber bared his soul on Instagram, posting about the perils of fame and how its taken him years to bounce back from making terrible decisions, he was thinking of plunking down $200,000 on a car. A source told Fame they heard the I Dont Care singer chatting up a friend about how a shiny, new Aston Martin might make the perfect one-year anniversary gift for his wife Hailey Baldwin. No word yet on if the sale went through.

Jerry OConnells Talk Show In Jeopardy

Fox executives dont seem too keen on standing by Jerry OConnell, as the future of his entertainment talk and comedy series looks to be in jeopardy. OConnell got the blessings of executive producer Wendy Williams, when he began taping the show, Jerry O, on Aug. 12, for a three-week preview on Fox Television Stations. But despite Williams appearing for an interview, the show didnt hit the numbers network executives had hoped. And all things are pointing to the shows host. Jerry is a likable guy, no question about it, a source told Fame. But viewers arent taking to him as quickly as theyd hoped. One of the notes he got was not to look like hes trying so hard. Executives initially felt OConnell would be an easy fit to fill in for Williams while her show was on hiatus, since he has experience as a guest host and has kept the seat warm for hosts on The View, The Talk and Watch What Happens Live. But now theyre not sure of the shows future.

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A couple of times a week, I find myself in the early morning hours alone on a quiet bluff over the Pacific Ocean at the Korean Friendship Bell not far from my home in San Pedro. I love these stolen moments of quiet, but it never occurred to me that my brain did too.

The human brain needs to rest; it needs to not have constant stimulus, says Diana Winston, director of mindfulness education at UCLA Semel Institutes Mindful Awareness Research Center.

Indeed, silence may do more for the brain than most people realize. Medical studies show that it can recharge our mental batteries by relieving stress and reboot decision-making and cognitive skills. And quiet allows for some processing time too.

When you are not distracted by noise or goal-orientated tasks, there appears to be a quiet time that allows your conscious work space to process things, Rebecca Beris writes in a story for LifeHack. During these periods of silence, your brain has the freedom it needs to discover its place in your internal and external world.

Even as little as five minutes of quiet can be restorative, but where can you be alone amid the roughly 25 million people in Southern California?

Beaches and mountains are obvious choices, but both can be far to go (and a tough freeway drive) for just a quick break. These places closer to the city allow you to reflect, meditate or just be still. Theres no guarantee theyll be noise-free or people-free, but plan an early morning or late afternoon visit and you may find just what you and your brain crave.

Sung-Eun Lee in the meditation area of the Peace Awareness Labyrinth & Gardens.

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Peace Awareness Labyrinth & Gardens, West Adams

The meditation garden and stone-carved labyrinth copied from one inside Chartres Cathedral in France at the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness center in West Adams were created as a quiet place to connect with yourself. Why not give in?

Stairs to the garden descend to gently terraced paths lined with bamboo, lush ferns and low-lying shrubs. Water rushes from fountains at every turn; benches and chairs in discreet areas welcome you to sit and be still. A little seep of city noise can be heard, but the sound of falling water silences everything. The labyrinth too is a study in peace; no talking as slow and deliberate steps are taken on the path.

The gardens are behind an Italian Renaissance/Beaux Arts house built in the early 20th century by onetime wine magnate Secondo Guasti and which later became home to Hollywood film choreographer Busby Berkeley. Its free to visit (donations accepted), but you must register in advance online.

Info: 3500 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles; peacelabyrinth.org

Just beyond Wattles Mansion is a little-trafficked canyon that has funky works of art strewn among the trail, including a wooden figure with marble eyes and a plaque with a smiling Buddha.

(Mary Forgione / Los Angeles Times)

Wattles Mansion and Park, Hollywood

The long, sloping lawn in front of the two-story Mediterranean and Mission Revival home provides a hushed respite with views that look down on Hollywood and beyond. You can linger in the large arches on the porch of the estate, which is open only for private events. It was built in 1907 by Nebraska banker Gurdon Wattles as a winter home, a throwback to pre-film-era Hollywood, when you could live grandly with ease.

To enter the nearby Wattles Park, take a path uphill on the side of the house to built-in stone benches surrounded by shrubs, another place to sit and reflect. Continue up the stone stairs and youll find a dusty dirt trail where random objects maybe folk art? are strewn about: a wooden figure with marble eyes, a plaque with a smiling Buddha, a red Japanese torii gate. Funky, yes, but solitary too.

Info: 1824 N. Curson Ave., Los Angeles;laparks.org/park/wattles-gardens

Peter Shire's large and whimsical art installation at Angels Point is a popular tourist attraction. But nearby, benches offer one of the best views of downtown L.A.'s skyline.

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Angels Point, Elysian Park

In one of L.A.'s oldest parks, this spot has not exactly gone unnoticed, judging by the graffiti that covers much of artist Peter Shires large and whimsical art installation at the site. But the benches, also covered in paint, face one of the best views of downtown L.A.'s skyline, with Dodger Stadium off to the left and bits of wild Chavez Ravine in the foreground.

The artwork propped up by cement columns and a lone palm tree may be a deconstructed reflection of the downtown buildings in the distance. Too soon, you hear vehicles pulling over and car doors slamming. Consider yourself lucky to have found even five minutes of peace in the heart of the city.

Info: Starting at Stadium Way, take Angels Point Road and keep driving until you see the points sign. Park along the road and follow the short dirt path downhill.

A shaded, quiet spot in the Grace V. Kallam Perennial Garden at the Los Angeles County Arboretum in Arcadia.

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Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Arcadia

For a bit of scenic serenity, dodge the roving peacocks near the entrance and head straight to the lily ponds, formally known as the Aquatic Gardens, on Tallac Knoll. Its a high point in the 127-acre park at the top of steep stone steps along a cooling waterfall. Up here, you feel above it all. There are little ponds fringed with grasses, floating water lilies and benches beneath tree canopies that provide cool cover. Look north for a good view of the San Gabriel Mountains.

The arboretum once belonged to Elias Jackson Lucky Baldwin, one of Southern Californias wealthiest landowners in the late 19th century who called the former rancho home. The waterfall and lily ponds werent there then, but they recall the quiet beauty of the sites early days. Admission is $9 for adults, $4 for children 5 to 12.

Info: 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia; arboretum.org

Silence-seekers who come to Lacy Park should head for the rose garden on the parks west side.

(Mary Forgione / Los Angeles Times)

Lacy Park, San Marino

Searching for a secret garden? Lacy Park, set on 30 acres in a residential neighborhood, fits the bill. Silence-seekers should head for the rose garden on the parks west side, near St. Albans Road. Its narrow and long, with cypress trees lining one side and a rectangle of well-manicured grass surrounding the bushes.

Two benches at the entrance to the garden are partly shaded by trees, perfect spots to sit quietly and maybe even, yes, smell the roses (some were blooming when I visited on a scorching summer afternoon).

The wooden rose arbor thats been a fixture for six decades was absent on a recent visit; its in the process of being replaced. But that doesnt take away from the peaceful brilliance of this spot. Though the park is free to enter on weekdays, anyone who isnt a resident of San Marino has to pay $5 on weekends (a fee L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez took the city to task for more than a decade ago).

Info: 1485 Virginia Road, San Marino; bit.ly/lacypark

At the Cathedral of Our Lady of Los Angeles, a glass wall etched with angels floating above the freeway reduces the traffic below to white noise.

(Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles

Churches are supposed to be quiet, but L.A.'s premier Catholic cathedral doubles as a tourist stop. At the right time late afternoon on a midweek day you can find fewer crowds and some soothing spots to escape the clatter of downtown.

Inside the cathedrals courtyard, past a large fountain, is a small meditation garden with a little circular pool, a place to reflect and shut out the downtown din. At the far side of the courtyard, the glass wall decorated with etched angels floating above the freeway seems almost soundproof, reducing the traffic below to white noise. Architect Jos Rafael Moneo integrated the roadway into his design, considering the Hollywood Freeway as Los Angeles river of transportation, the connection of people to each other, according to the cathedrals website.

Take time to go inside the impressive cathedral, built to hold 3,000 people. At those quiet times of the day, you may have it all to yourself. Admission is free; donations accepted.

Info: 555 W. Temple St., L.A.; olacathedral.org

The Seifu-an, which means the Arbor of Pure Breeze, was originally built in Kyoto, Japan and is the centerpiece of the classic garden fringed with Japanese maples, black pines, azaleas and a brook that runs down the hill.

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The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino

The century-old Huntington seems far from quiet: About 750,000 visitors come each year and sometimes it feels like theyre all there on the same day. To escape the crowds, zip past the Chinese Gardens sculpted stone bridges and climb to the hilltop ceremonial Japanese tea garden called Seifu-an, or arbor of pure breeze.

Even if people are wandering through, theres a spiritual peace and quiet, spokeswoman Lisa Blackburn says. Its all about the slow, quiet and deliberate enjoyment of nature.

The 9-by-9-foot building, originally built in Kyoto, Japan, and occasionally open for tea demonstrations, is the centerpiece of the classic garden fringed with Japanese maples, black pines, azaleas and a brook that runs down the hill. From here, you can look down on the more expansive Japanese Garden, where gingko trees flame with gold in late November. Admission costs $25 midweek, $29 on weekends; free the first Thursday of the month (provided you reserve in advance).

Info: 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino; huntington.org

Hilltop benches and a spin through the ancient forest at Descanso Gardens is a good bet for a bit of silence, even on a crowded day.

(Mary Forgione / Los Angeles Times)

Descanso Gardens, La Caada Flintridge

Its not hard to find a hidden corner in the 150 acres known for glorious camellia bushes and native woodlands, as long as you steer clear of the popular (and noisier) mini-railroad.

Start in the ancient forest (which despite its name, debuted in 2015) where a carpet-quiet path winds past cycads, some of the oldest plants on the planet, and redwood trees. On a hill above, benches overlook a grove of native oak trees not far from the house of former owner and newspaper publisher E. Manchester Boddy. With the birdsong and filtered light, its a great spot to hit your personal reset button.

Admission is $9 for adults, $4 for children 5 to 12.

Info: 1418 Descanso Drive, La Caada Flintridge; descansogardens.org

On one side of the Japanese Garden is a pond with lotus and water lilies. In the center, a floating bridge, where double-crested cormorants and egrets gather as fat koi swim below.

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The Japanese Garden, Van Nuys

The Japanese Garden, a.k.a., Suiho-en, garden of water and fragrance, is an immaculate, low-profile six 6 acres of greenery thats easy to explore on foot. On one side is a pond with lotus and water lilies; in the center, a floating bridge where double-crested cormorants and egrets gather as fat koi swim below. Theres even a dry (stone) Zen meditation garden in which to sit and ponder.

For the most part its quiet here, except for an occasional plane. Every once in a while, you get a whiff of the sites true purpose: recycling millions of gallons of L.A.'s daily wastewater into usable water. The garden was created at the site of the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant (whose main building Star Trek fans may recognize as the t Starfleet Academy) to showcase the benefits of its waterworks. It costs $5 to enter.

Info: 6100 Woodley Ave., Van Nuys; thejapanesegarden.com

UCLAs Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden is just a quick detour off the 405.

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Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden at UCLA, Westwood

Should you ever need to jump off the 405 Freeway for a little quiet time, this garden is an easy exit away. Its on a hillside behind the health sciences complex with gates open at posted hours. Inside, youre mentally miles away from the hopping campus and Westwood.

There are a bunch of little gardens in this terraced hill with a stream: an ancient forest, desert plants, a stand of palms and showy plants native to Hawaii. Its intended to be educational, of course, but it also seeks to create a tranquil environment with the urban surroundings, its mission statement says.

A good place to sit (when there arent groups around) is the Nest, a stone amphitheater underneath a gingko tree. From there, wander the little paths and enjoy the quiet. Its free to enter.

Info: 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles; botgard.ucla.edu

Ilona Houhanissyan, an employee at Just Float in Pasadena, floats in epsom salt, mixed in 11 inches of water, at a temperature of 94.5 degrees.

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Just Float, Pasadena

When all else fails, go to a sure-fire silent spa. At Just Float, one of several floating spas in Southern California, you are led to your own personal float compartment, where a sign outside says Quiet please, healing in process.

For an hour, you are immersed in the super-salty water that keeps you buoyant in complete darkness (I asked for a few lights to stay on). Your mind empties as you swirl and listen to your heartbeat or your breathing. Only when my cellphone went off (Id forgotten to silence it) did the world come rushing back. Otherwise, it was pure relaxation. Afterward, you can stay and sip herbal teas and keep the calm vibe going. $59 for a first visit.

Info: 76 N. Hudson Ave. Suite 120, Pasadena; justfloat.com

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Treading themeditative path really does put you in touch with your higher self, your inner guide, and could bring positive results in patients with memory complaints, so believe the doctors of Department of Psychiatry at the Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram.Even as a section of doctors raise questions on the authenticity of using mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) for cancer care, the age-old technique will soon be used as a therapy for reducing anxiety and depression, and thereby the incidence of dementia. The psychosomatic clinic of the Department of Psychiatry of the Medical College will take the lead in chalking out a programme for using MBI for dementia.

However, theAlzheimer's & Related Disorders Society of India differs in this. "There is no scientific backing to this argument," says its chairperson Mera Pattabiraman. "However, there is a probability that it can help dementia patients.

They are awaiting the study conducted by Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) to get a scientific backing for the initiative. We are in the process of chalking out a programme for using MBI for dementia at the Medical College, said Dr S Krishnan of the Department of Psychiatry, the programme coordinator.

According to him, the doubts regarding the authenticity could be cleared once the Department of Neurology of SCTIMST released the findings of its study titled The effect of yoga and meditation on neuropsychological functions and brain connectivity networks in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and cognitively normal subjects.

The findings might clear the air. The feedback so far has been positive, Krishnan said.In 2015-2016 the Department of Science and Technology under its Science and Technology of Yoga and Meditation (SATYAM) programme sanctioned the study proposed by Dr Ramshekhar N Menon of SCTIMST.

In the study, we focus on elderly people who have memory complaints and analyse whether we could improve their quality of life with the help of mindfulness.According to him, more comprehensive analysis is needed to evaluate its effectiveness. The results of the study could be released by early next year.The clinic had earlier joined hands with the Radio Therapy Department in providing training to professionals in cancer care, oncology PG students, nurses and psychologist for stress reduction and pain management among cancer patients in the state.

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Like this photo that compares the veins of our lungs with the pattern of tree limbs,symmetry is found everywhere. Match your nature with nature, says Joseph Campbell

For people who love Yoga and stick with it, is usually because we find it offers us something more than just the ability to touch our toes. Similarly, our experience outside in nature cant be replicated at a gym or an indoor climbing wall.

My earliest years were spent with my Hippie parents camping out of our Volkswagen in Big Sur, or the Badlands on car trips from Boston to San Francisco and back. The progressive schools I attended in the 1970s introduced me to Yoga and meditation techniques as early as preschool and my favorite high school science project was hawk counting, solo, on a cliff overlooking the Hudson Valley.

In my youth I was immersed in punk/goth and arty subcultures deep in New York City, and for years was a suburban mom and a nonprofit development professional outside of Washington DC. My passion for the outdoors and my love of yoga were relegated to a pretty far-back burner in these other lives. Eventually, the cost of excessively urban and suburban environments, the accompanying loss of time and attention to solitary spiritual connections, were oppressive enough to sink me into deep depression and crisis.

My first savior was a return to Yoga at a small, urban ashram in Bethesda, MD. Concurrently I attended first one and then a second 500-hour Yoga teacher training, slowly transitioning my profession from fundraiser to full-time Yoga instructor.

Yoga and meditation brought me out of depression better than anything else.

I moved to Topanga four years ago, and experienced a second renaissance through my (re)discovery of the beauty of wild nature in the canyon and learning nature connection techniques as taught at my daughters Manzanita School that provides a unique outdoor curriculum.

Like Yoga, spending time in nature conveys benefits that are deeper than mere physical exercise. As it elevates and rejuvenates our spirit, we can also find meaning by aligning ourselves with the forces preserving the planet and its precious resources and inhabitants. More than anything that can be found in the artificially constructed worlds made by humans, nature is reality; it is where we come from and who we truly are.

Yoga and meditation techniques are likewise designed to strip away maya (illusion) to bring us to what is real and the present now. I couldnt help but start to notice more similarities and ways to bridge (or yoke) these two worlds.

The Forest And The Trees. Mythologist Joseph Campbell says, The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with nature. Like this photo that compares the veins of our lungs with the pattern of tree limbs, symmetry is found everywhere between the forms and workings of our bodies and the bodies of nature.

James Lovelocks Gaia Hypothesis suggests that our planet may function as one living organism and thus we are all just individual functions of one unified being.

Nature Yoga provides an opportunity to look at both the trees (individual selves) and the forest (greater environment) at the same time.

Artificially Shaped Bodies. Studies show that chairs are causing more damage to public health than smoking (https://www.latimes.com/health/la-xpm-2013-may-25-la-he-dont-sit-20130525-story.html).

Even the most dedicated athletes spend far more time on couches, desks, and sitting in cars and planes. Nature didnt design us for that. Our current lifestyles within human-instead-of nature-designed environments are literally reshaping our bodies and negatively affecting our health with sometimes drastic results such as fused discs, frozen shoulders, and fallen arches.

The earliest described or drawn illustrations of Asanas (poses) were just a few simple seated posesspecifically designed to alleviate the pain resulting from long hours of seated meditationin these same body regions that plague our contemporary sitting-based society.

The Nature Yoga Experience. The first element of Nature Yoga is simply taking the practice outdoors. Yoga already feels different when the ground is uneven beneath our bare feet and we might need more effort from our core to keep steady in standing balance poses. Breathing pure, fresh air with the sun radiating on our skin makes Pranayama and breathwork a delight and particularly healthy as we add the benefits of greater Vitamin D and oxygen supplies.

We can take time to value the animal forms found in the names of many Yoga poses and try to embody the feeling of truly perching like an eagle surveying the land from a high ledge while twisted up in Garudasana (Eagle) pose. In Lizard pose, we can appreciate having our bellies close to the ground, and maybe emulate a few of their push-ups, too.

All five senses come more fully alive outdoors and provide a wonderful launching point for moving into deeper meditation and presence when brought to awareness, as we do when we try to see like an owl does or listen like a deer.

What happens when we return to our original or natural body?

While natures medicine feeds our physical and spiritual bodies, the strength and flexibility Yoga provides feeds directly back into our experience of nature. This is a give and take, much like the love exchange of exhaling your carbon dioxide waste (and thus gifting the trees), and then inhaling to receive natures loving gift of oxygen back.

Nature Yoga is offered monthly on the Manzanita School/Cali Camp campus in Topanga, CA. END SLUG

For more information and a current schedule, go to sarahthomasgulden.com, or follow @natureyogafusion on FaceBook and Instagram.

Manzanita School is located at at 1717 Old Topanga Canyon Road, Topanga, CA 90290. For more information: manzanitaschool.org; (310) 455-9700.

Nature Yoga teacher, Sarah Thomas Gulden, E-RYT 500, is author of Balancing The Wheels: A Practical Guide to Chakras in Yoga and Life. FaceBook:natureyoga; Instagram:@natureyogafusion; Twitter:@silversyoga.

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No one knows where they all came from.

Some are stern, and some are smiling. Some have broken wings.

Some are tall. Some are tiny, tucked between tree roots.

Some look suspiciously like fairies. But thats OK; when an angel appears, shes welcome here.

I think if somethings going to show up, it finds a home. And its meaningful to people, says Joanne Einsmann. Shes the garden coordinator for Unity of Bon Airs Meditation Gardens, a hidden sanctuary behind the church on Buford Road in North Chesterfield.

What we wanted to be is a sacred space for people to come to, Einsmann says. One of the songs that we do in church on Sunday, it says, Youre standing on holy ground, and to me, thats what this place is. It just is. It is.

The paths are a popular place to jog, walk and bike. Couples get married there. Ive chatted with a paramedic who goes there to unwind after a 24-hour shift. Church member Harry Simmons once met a UPS driver who was taking his lunch in the gardens. Its just such a peaceful, beautiful place, the driver said.

Some people nap, some people meditate, and quite a few people play Pokemon Go. (There are several Pokestops on the property, intended for just that purpose.) Einsmann doesnt mind, if it gets them out in the woods, in nature. You know, everybodys doing their own thing.

This is the magic of the Unity gardens: Many people consider the place to be their own. Hence, the appearance of the angels. Sometimes people ask first whether they can contribute a piece of statuary, or a plant. Often, they dont. St. Francis recently assumed a post on the promenade; no one knows who put him there. But Unity will let him stay.

The gardens feel surprisingly big. Theres a rainbow bridge garden, where the ashes of many beloved cats and dogs are buried; an outdoor classroom with wooden benches; a goldfish pond and a gazebo. Farther on is a bridge over a stony streambed, a porch swing and a childrens area with fairy-garden playthings. It just keeps going and going, Einsmann says. Go far enough, and youll find yourself on a short trail that comes out on Peck Road.

Unity a Christian church, not Unitarian is a sister church to Unity of Richmond, near Byrd Park. In the mid-1980s, there were so many congregants south of the river that they decided to form their own church, Unity South. Members rented space at Sabot at Stony Point as they saved money, and in 1996 purchased a rundown ranch home with 2 wooded acres on Buford Road.

It was cheap, says Rusty Rothrock, one of the original members.

But it also had potential, Einsmann says.

Thus began twin transformations: the house into a sanctuary, and the woods into a garden. Rothrock and fellow congregant Lisa Lambeth laid out an initial landscape plan, with a large open area in the center and a path that descended to the stream. A third Unity member, Gary Johnson, drove the bulldozer. Volunteers planted hundreds of small, gallon-sized azaleas and rhododendrons and carted away truckloads of trash. Thus, it began.

As the church expanded outgrowing the ranch house, which in 2011 was replaced with an airy, Arts and Crafts-style church so did the gardens. It wasnt just about landscaping, Rothrock explains. The gardens became a place for congregants to hang out outside of Sunday services and a way to attract new members.

For 16 years they were overseen by master gardener Ayer Chamberlain, who died in 2015. Her favorite spot to sit was a bench by the streambed, with a sign that reads Bon Ayer. In a decade of working with her, Einsmann was inspired to become a master gardener herself, eventually taking over as coordinator.

The responsibility is daunting, she admits. Its huge. Huge. Huge! Fortunately, she has a cadre of about 20 loyal volunteers who weed, mulch, haul, plant and water.

In 23 years, the little shrubs have grown into a great grove. The scraggly divisions of periwinkle and lily of the valley, contributed from members gardens, have spread into flowering carpets.

But the path down to the stream is badly eroded, the water bill hits $1,000 some years, and the church hasnt had the resources to fix everything. Until now.

Last month, a man approached Rothrock. He and his family werent church members, but they had been coming to the gardens for two decades. Hed recently lost his wife, he said, and he wanted to contribute something to the gardens in her name.

Rothrock gave him the gardens wish list, which totaled some $11,000, and invited him to pick an item. He said, Well do the whole thing.

Last week, heavy equipment came in to re-grade the paths. The church will be installing a well, adding erosion controls and perhaps installing a labyrinth. The gardens will be closed for a few weeks while the work is completed. In the spring, it will be glorious.

And who knows? By then, a few more angels might appear.

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Two community workers who strongly believe that a healthy body and mind equates a healthy society have come together to create awareness about Mental Health Awareness Week that runs from September 23-29.

Neelu Taore, from the Art of Living Foundation who has been helping the community by conduction breathing and meditation techniques for more than a decade along with Peter Young Howick Local Board member who has been organising a host of well being classes throughout the week in Flat Bushwill be hosting a free yoga and meditation session at Ormiston Primary School on September 28 from 8-9am.

As NZ has a very high rate of depression it helps to be aware of your emotions and learn how to handle them through your breath. You can use simple techniques at home to be more aware of yourself and feel happier at the same time with positive mindset, she says.

The foundation has helped millions of people all over the world to de-stress their lives and live happily and is one of the biggest volunteer-based organisation in more than 152 countries worldwide.

On Saturday, September 28 from 8-9am at Ormiston Primary School, Flat Bush.

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A bright water bottle you wont be able to ignore

As the United States Geological Survey says, a whopping 60 percent of the human body is water, so you need to replenish the supply to, you know, function. Besides keeping my mucosal membranes moist and lubricating my joints, I notice that drinking water throughout the day just helps me feel better and more alert. To keep up my reserves, I bring a water bottle everywhere I go. Wirecutter recommends the Hydro Flask 21oz Standard Mouth water bottle, which is leakproof, durable and available in fun, eye-catching colors. I recommend sipping while commuting, while at your desk, and even when you go out to the bar. If you struggle with remembering to drink water, the delightful Twitter account @tinycarebot can prompt you to hydrate as well as take other small breaks.

A soothing meditation app

Although meditation apps cant replace help from a medical or mental health professional, theyre handy tools that can help calm you. If youre just starting out, if youre looking for structured meditations, or if youre the type of person who uses Google Maps because you like being told what to do (guilty), consider Headspace, Wirecutters favorite meditation tool. With multiple recommendations from friends, my therapist, and even a family I babysat for, I bought Headspace after trying out a few free meditations. Headspace offers options based on time limits even for one minute or for processing emotions like anxiety or stress. Ive graduated to mostly meditating on my own, but when Im feeling extra frazzled I still pop on my headphones for a guided session to give my buzzing mind a break.

Yoga from anywhere

When Im traveling or too squeezed for time or, lets be real, lacking the funds to get to a yoga studio I turn to YouTubes free exercise videos. I do Yoga With Adrienes videos regularly to stretch my tense muscles. (Make sure youre in good health before starting an unsupervised exercise routine.) Adrienes videos have great sound quality, sometimes her cute dog pops into view, and her prompts are never judgmental. And you can choose from tons of videos that vary in length and focus. Ive even done a seven-minute stretch in a hotel room after a long day of walking a trade-show floor. If you want to make at-home workouts a regular thing, check out ClassPasss audio classes or apps like The Underbelly from the yoga teacher, New York Times contributor and body-positivity activist Jessamyn Stanley.

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